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What you can do with Effortless

effortless is a Claude Code plugin that picks the reasoning effort for each prompt and shows the prompt cache countdown, and textless is a desktop app that shows pixel art while Claude works.

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What do you want to do?

4 use cases

  • Cut Opus coding costs with automatic effort picking

    Install Effortless so each prompt gets Low, Medium or High effort without touching the Effort control.

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    In the HeyCubit/effortless repo, install the effortless plugin into Claude Code with `claude plugin marketplace add HeyCubit/effortless` and `claude plugin install effortless@effortless`, then run `/reload-plugins`. Confirm the bar above the prompt shows an effort label such as High or Low with a model name after a few prompts.

  • Compact or hand off a heavy chat before the cache goes cold

    Use the cache countdown on the bar to decide when to compact or start a fresh chat.

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    In the HeyCubit/effortless repo, after installing the plugin, check the bar's cache countdown in a chat at <path-to-project> and report the minutes left. Once the bar shows the cache as cold on a large chat, confirm that Compact or Handoff is offered and that a summary is written.

  • Show pixel art instead of the step log while Claude works

    Use the textless desktop app to show one picture, a quote or a chess game during long Claude tasks.

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    Using the HeyCubit/effortless repo, install the textless desktop app from its Install link and choose a pixel-art set. Start a Claude Code task and report whether a single picture replaces the step output while Claude works.

  • Test how often the effort judge picks the right level

    Run the bundled judge benchmark on your own Claude Code setup before trusting Auto.

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    Clone HeyCubit/effortless, run `bash bench/agentic/run.sh` and report the cost per task for each effort setting it prints. Confirm the output matches the table in bench/RESULTS.md within a reasonable margin before drawing conclusions.

How to use Effortless

  1. Check you have what it needs: Claude Code installed; A Claude login (the default judge runs on it, no key needed); git available if you want update checks, as the README mentions.
  2. Open HeyCubit/effortless on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run claude plugin marketplace add HeyCubit/effortless and then claude plugin install effortless@effortless in a terminal, or type the same two lines as /plugin commands in Claude Code's chat box.
  4. Run /reload-plugins (or restart Claude Code).
  5. Keep Haiku alone in the short setup that opens above the prompt, or pick Lean cheaper.
  6. Send a few prompts and read the bar: the effort label shows what Auto picked for each prompt.

These steps come from our top use case, Cut Opus coding costs with automatic effort picking, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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Requirements

  • Claude Code installed
  • A Claude login (the default judge runs on it, no key needed)
  • git available if you want update checks, as the README mentions
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Questions about Effortless

What is Effortless?

effortless is a Claude Code plugin that picks the reasoning effort for each prompt and shows the prompt cache countdown, and textless is a desktop app that shows pixel art while Claude works. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/HeyCubit/effortless.

Who is Effortless for?

Claude Code users who run long coding sessions on Opus or Sonnet and want lower cost without choosing the effort level by hand.

What can I do with Effortless?

4 use cases so far, for example: Cut Opus coding costs with automatic effort picking; Compact or hand off a heavy chat before the cache goes cold; Show pixel art instead of the step log while Claude works. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Effortless?

Claude Code installed; A Claude login (the default judge runs on it, no key needed); git available if you want update checks, as the README mentions.

What are alternatives to Effortless?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Harness2, iFixAi, Orca, Diagram Design, AI Memory.

Is Effortless safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.